Singers Quotes · Page 24

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him…

— Calvin Miller

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

— Jennifer Holliday

When I was very young I wanted to be an opera singer, a ballet dancer... The people I loved were a little…

— FKA twigs

I really like female singers; I've got zero interest in working with male singers. Any male voice I need to do, I…

— Devin Townsend

The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.

— Chinua Achebe

I wish people would just like me for what I am, the singer in an OK new wave band.

— Courtney Love

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

— Rosamund Pike

People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.

— Sinead O'Connor

Mozart is always a bit of a challenge - you know, even though it is often given to very young singers, it…

— Sarah Brightman

It may be that my most helpful contributions to music aren't my compact discs but my articles about other great singers of…

— Susannah McCorkle

The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have…

— Steve Ross

We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers. We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner, holographic demons and invocations…

— J. Michael Straczynski

I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a…

— Brett Dennen

I had this voice when I was in high school, except nobody thought much of it then. I developed it by imitating…

— Anohni

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who…

— Robert Wyatt

In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but…

— Alan Cohen

He had a voice that was the truth, raw and unfiltered. You can't get any realer, any more tortured or any more…

— Kenny Chesney

There is a lot of propaganda about opera singers not being able to act. That's not necessarily true and hasn't been true…

— Jessye Norman

I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. And I really…

— Gabrielle Aplin

I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard…

— David Torn

Years ago I was in a band called Two Lane Blacktop - we deliberately named ourselves after the 'Two-Lane Blacktop' movie, 'cuz…

— Ladyhawke

I have friends of mine that are actors or singers, and they're the classic guys where, they're onstage, and they're like, 'Okay,…

— Jaime Camil

The music industry is not what it used to be. Being in a good band is great, and I've been lucky to…

— James Iha

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat…

— Gloria Estefan

A lot of people do not like singer-songwriters, and a lot of people who like them do not like hard rock. It's…

— Art Alexakis

When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

— Paul McCartney

People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

— Johnny Cash

I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow up freestyling.

— Billy Idol

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

— Pam Brown

My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people.

— PSY

“We’re all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

We have always been like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in that we have numerous lead singers.

— Steve Lukather

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.

— Kevin Eubanks

Everyone wants to work with the big new producer or the hot new singer. The key is to find them before they're…

— Timbaland

Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.

— Placido Domingo

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

— Donald Fagen

I just always wanted to be a singer. My mom said I was even singing in my cot!

— Pixie Lott

I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

— Rafael Nadal

I feel like I did a lot to open the doors for people like Amy Grant and other gospel singers who want…

— B. J. Thomas

The loudest psalm singer in the congregation always is a reformed sinner.

— Elsa Maxwell